Eileen/Janie: Off subject :)

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Your stories made me tear up. What brave men. My grandfather and

all his brothers went off to WWII, and all made it home amazingly.

There is a action picture of one brother and his troup storming the

beaches on the cover of LIFE, entitled " gun toting marines " .

Another great-uncle was captured in Corregidor and survived the

Bataan death march. His wife was killed during the capture of one

of the islands. Before dying some time ago, he had insisted on

being buried above ground. (He had been a prisoner in a coal mine

for the rest of the war.) His treatment after the war was less than

satisfactory in my opinion. He spent the rest of his life on and

off waiting for admittance to veterans hospitals because of the

damage to his body, and he received his metals through the mail. Ugh.

love,

Beth

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> I know you will understand if I tell you about something that has

NOTHING to do with saline breast implants! I hope you find it a

real upper.

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> My Dad died 18 years ago today. My brother, while watching

President Reagan's funeral, realized that Mom had never rec'd a flag

for Daddy's Army service. (He was in WWII, landing in LeHavre on D-

Day +2) He called Rob s, our local Congressman, and it was

arranged that the flag that flies over the US Capitol Bldg today

will be in his honor. (It gives me goosebumps every time I think of

it. I wish I could be there to take a picture...) The flag will be

presented to my mother at a later date.

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> Thanks for letting me share that with you. Please take a moment

and say a prayer for those who are serving now, many of whom are in

harm's way...

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> This is the first year I have been able to smile on this date.

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> Love, Eileen

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> Eileen Swanson

> www.homestead.com/sosalines/sos.html

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